MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Twins fans have booed New York Yankees shortstop routinely for the past decade.

A lot of that has to do with the fact that the Yankees have eliminated the Twins from the first round of the American League playoffs in 2003, 2004 and 2010.

But the Minnesota crowd treated Derek Jeter like a king on Tuesday night at Target Field with several standing ovations and "Derek Jeter" chants in his final All-Star game.

Hate him or love him, it's what one of the best players in Yankees' history deserved.

The classiest touch by the Twins and Major League Baseball was having a recording of now-deceased Yankees PA man Bob Sheppard announce Jeter to the plate.

Hearing that voice was enough to give the average baseball fan chills.

But was the Minnesota crowd hypocritical for flipping the script on their feelings for Jeter?

Since it's the man's last go-around, and the fact it was an exhibition game, I don't think so. If they were cheering him in the playoffs after booing him for so long, that would be another thing.

Twins fans have booed the wrong players at times, namely former Minnesota catcher A.J. Pierzynski. Jeter helped the Yankees beat the Twins, but it was mainly the Twins beating themselves in those playoff losses.

The fans finally got it right with Jeter on Tuesday.

Jeter's is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. He has 3,408 career hits with 258 home runs and 1,286 RBI. The Yankees' captain has guided his team to five World Series championships.

That's nothing to sneeze at.

Did he get more praise than he deserved at times? Of course he did, but he's a New York Yankee. The attention that Jeter has received just comes with the uniform.

Jeter was replaced before the top of the fourth inning by Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez and walked into the American League dugout to a standing ovation and hugs and handshakes from his All-Star teammates.

After the game, NL starting pitcher Adam Wainwright admitted he grooved a pitch to start the game that Jeter blasted to right field for a leadoff double. That was to be expected.

In typical Jeter fashion to lead off the third, he blooped a single to right field. It would have been nice to see Jeter play more, but things were set up for him perfectly in his last appearance in this annual summer tradition.

He finished with a career All-Star batting average of .481 (13-for-27).

After Jeter doubled, the Anaheim Angels' Mike Trout tripled home with a line drive rocket off the right field wall.

This signaled a torch passing from an old legend to the new guard. Trout has become one of baseball's most exciting players along with Florida's Giancarlo Stanton, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig and Oakland's Yoenis Cespedes.

Trout, who should have participated in Monday's Home Run Derby, ran through first and second base like his hair was on fire after watching the ball get away from Puig in right.

Trout's talent in person is even more impressive than on television. He was named the game's MVP in the American League's 5-3 victory after going 2-for-3 with two RBI.

The main moment fans will remember about this All-Star game was watching Jeter walk away.

However, what they should really take away from it was watching one of the last great players from the 1990s and early 2000s give way to the next great player in the game in Trout.